Samantha Haig

Samantha Haig is a BACP counsellor based in the United Kingdom with three years of professional experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem and depression. She also supports people coping with life changes and questions about what matters next.

Samantha keeps sessions straightforward and practical. She listens to the immediate problem and helps people break it into concrete steps. Conversations often focus on breathing and grounding tools, ways to rebuild confidence, and realistic plans for getting unstuck.

Clients who reach out with relationship or communication struggles will be offered simple communication techniques. For feelings of guilt, shame or isolation she uses direct talk and reflective exercises to help name and reduce those patterns. When grief or loss is central, sessions include space to tell the story and find manageable ways to move forward.

She frames work around short-term goals as well as longer personal questions such as life purpose or midlife reassessment. Samantha adapts session pace to how someone copes right now, offering slower, steady exploration or more active problem-solving when needed.

Sessions are presented with respect and sensitivity. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule a first meeting. Costs vary with location and the service uses a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.

How therapeutic approaches guide online work

Evidence-based therapeutic techniques typically used by counsellors like Samantha include cognitive approaches and behavioural skills. Cognitive-style work looks at unhelpful thinking patterns and helps people test and reframe those thoughts, which can reduce anxiety and low mood. Behavioural skills focus on small, repeated actions - such as activity planning, exposure steps for social anxiety, or pacing during grief - that change how someone feels over time.

Some counsellors also use techniques that emphasise practical coping, such as breathing and grounding exercises, short problem-solving sessions, and communication practice. These methods are straightforward and are chosen to match the client’s current needs and preferences rather than as fixed prescriptions. The therapist will work collaboratively to identify which approaches fit best for the person and adjust them as work progresses.

Session formats are not specified in the profile, so please confirm the available online options before booking. Many people find online sessions make it easier to fit counselling around work and family life, reduce travel time, and allow quicker scheduling of brief check-ins. Others choose approaches that suit the session type they prefer, for example shorter phone check-ins for quick accountability or video sessions for exercises that benefit from visual cues.